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flag of war and there's been friction between islam mists and protesters who still carry the original syrian rebel banner. part of what's attracting syrians to groups like this is that they led rebels to high-profile victories on the battlefield, often with the help of foreign jihadi fighters. >> we black listed the front because of their links within eye rank responsible for the killings of thousands of iraqis, hundreds of americans. we know what al qaeda and iraq is still doing and we don't want it to start doing that in syria. >> reporter: but with 70,000 syrians now dead and little sign of american support for the opposition, even peaceful syrian opposition groups criticize the u.s. move against misra. >> the u.s. designation of misra as a terrorist organization perhaps makes the united states feel better but doesn't change things for syrians. >> reporter: they have set up a bus service and while distributing food and fuel to hungry freezing syrians. all of this perhaps contributed to why this young man appears to have joined the misra front. he and other supporters of this sunni
flag of war and there's been friction between islam mists and protesters who still carry the original syrian rebel banner. part of what's attracting syrians to groups like this is that they led rebels to high-profile victories on the battlefield, often with the help of foreign jihadi fighters. >> we black listed the front because of their links within eye rank responsible for the killings of thousands of iraqis, hundreds of americans. we know what al qaeda and iraq is still doing and we...
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the rebels, many of them are related to al qaeda or radical elements of islam. i'm not so sure i want to give weapons to people who may be more anti-israel than the current government and more anti-christian than the current government. sometimes it may not be the best thing to side with people who may turn out to be worse than the current government. >> any humanitarian initiatives the u.s. should be undertaking? >> you know, i think any time people are distraught and in such turmoil, humanitarian is something that people should consider, whether voluntary or orchestrated by a government, i really think we shouldn't be involved with arms, it's something that i'm adamant we shouldn't be giving arms. and one of the questions i asked secretary clinton the other day is, are we orchestrating arm sales from libya to turkey and then on to these warring factions? a week before the ambassador was killed, there was a ship that left libya with arms and they have interview the captain of this ship talking about the weapons going to rebels, some bickering over who got the w
the rebels, many of them are related to al qaeda or radical elements of islam. i'm not so sure i want to give weapons to people who may be more anti-israel than the current government and more anti-christian than the current government. sometimes it may not be the best thing to side with people who may turn out to be worse than the current government. >> any humanitarian initiatives the u.s. should be undertaking? >> you know, i think any time people are distraught and in such...
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what kind of islam are they talking about? >> reporter: now wolf, as of thursday evening there have still been no claims of responsibility, not even from one hard line islam mist group called the musruf front. meanwhile, another group that calls itself the syrian national coalition published a statement that it strongly condemns without any reservation the bombings that justify the fall of innocent civilians or those premeditated and planned targeted attacks on civilians. wolf, the battle for damascus is still far from over. within minutes of this major car barack obamaing, there were reports of it taking place in other parts of damascus and sadly we're going to see many more civilian casualties before the fate of this ancient city is decided. wolf? >> ivan watson reporting for us. i'm joined by fareed zakaria. on syria, fareed, do you think the president is reconsidering his opposition to arming those rebels? >> i doubt it very much, wolf. ivan's report actually highlights just the difficulty of getting involved. remember, it
what kind of islam are they talking about? >> reporter: now wolf, as of thursday evening there have still been no claims of responsibility, not even from one hard line islam mist group called the musruf front. meanwhile, another group that calls itself the syrian national coalition published a statement that it strongly condemns without any reservation the bombings that justify the fall of innocent civilians or those premeditated and planned targeted attacks on civilians. wolf, the battle...
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violence has rocked egypt now for more than a week as protesters have been challenging the islam mist president, mohamed morsi. let's go live to ben wedeman. he's back in cairo on the scene. what's the latest, ben? >> reporter: well, what we have, wolf, is ongoing clashes at the palace, the seat of the egyptian president. at least one man was killed, shot with live ammunition in the head and chest, and more than two dozen people wounded. in addition to that, egyptian tv has broadcast live pictures of a protester, a man who was stripped seminaked and then beaten brutally on the ground, an indication that the situation here is increasingly volatile. there are also things going on at the american embassy. what we've heard from the egyptian president, mohamed morsi s. that he says the security forces are going to use -- act decisively to protect political institutions. he's blaming the opposition for this -- today's outbreak of violence, saying that the opposition needs to pull its supporters away from the presidential palace. however, what we saw on the ground was that the opposition rea
violence has rocked egypt now for more than a week as protesters have been challenging the islam mist president, mohamed morsi. let's go live to ben wedeman. he's back in cairo on the scene. what's the latest, ben? >> reporter: well, what we have, wolf, is ongoing clashes at the palace, the seat of the egyptian president. at least one man was killed, shot with live ammunition in the head and chest, and more than two dozen people wounded. in addition to that, egyptian tv has broadcast live...
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iran's culture and islamic guidance minister, that's his title, quoted by a government news agency here as saying "argo" quote lacks any artistic aspects. he says it's an anti-iranian film. and one government news agency says the fact that michelle obama announced the winner speaks to the politicalization of this movie. >> thanks very much for that. "argo" certainly putting a spotlight and possibly a new bit of light on the jimmy carter presidency. doug brinkley is a presidential historian. joining us from austin, texas. thanks very much for coming in. you've written an intriguing piece suggesting that maybe this film "argo" is going to be a little revisionist history for the former president of the united states. why do you say that? >> well, first off, as he's getting near 90, he's already a nobel peace prize winner, i think people are just starting to like jimmy carter. help was on cnn last week and did i thought a brilliant interview with you guys. but when you look at the iran hostage crisis, i mean, carter eventually negotiated the release of all those hostages. it cost his politi
iran's culture and islamic guidance minister, that's his title, quoted by a government news agency here as saying "argo" quote lacks any artistic aspects. he says it's an anti-iranian film. and one government news agency says the fact that michelle obama announced the winner speaks to the politicalization of this movie. >> thanks very much for that. "argo" certainly putting a spotlight and possibly a new bit of light on the jimmy carter presidency. doug brinkley is a...
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those suggestions were found in a building in mali were islamic militants are fighting. >> we have evidence to suggest that the drone strikes have been traumatic to al qaeda, a high degree of paranoia, fearful that they've been infiltrated by spy. >> osama bin laden shortly before his death wrote letters to al qaeda leaders with similar suggestions, saying that they shouldn't meet on the highways or move in their cars because many got far getttargeted while on the road. as for this other list of suggestions, one of the tips, if you're in a car and learn there's a drone after you, leave the vehicle immediately and all of the passengers should leave in separate directions. use dummies to throw the drones off their trail. the allies used inflatable truck decoys to fool germans in world war ii. do whatever you can to jam the drone's electronics. could this really do that? >> in general terms, they are good for people who are in a desert environment trying to avoid drones but there are a lot of limitations to them. >> the advantage, layton says, is still with the drone operators. >> if they can
those suggestions were found in a building in mali were islamic militants are fighting. >> we have evidence to suggest that the drone strikes have been traumatic to al qaeda, a high degree of paranoia, fearful that they've been infiltrated by spy. >> osama bin laden shortly before his death wrote letters to al qaeda leaders with similar suggestions, saying that they shouldn't meet on the highways or move in their cars because many got far getttargeted while on the road. as for this...